A 46-year-old Albanian was sentenced to 13 years in prison after sitting on the bench of the Mixed Jury Court of Thessaloniki for the murder of a 50-year-old compatriot, during a fight that broke out between them, outside a gas station, in Analipsi, Thessaloniki.

The reason for the murder, which was committed last year in July, seems to have been the victim’s suspicion that the defendant was flirting with his partner.

The judges, regular and jury, found the 46-year-old guilty of manslaughter in a calm state of mind, giving him the mitigating factor of being prompted to act by the victim’s previous misconduct. After the court’s verdict, he returned to prison.

In his plea, the 46-year-old claimed that he was in self-defense because the victim made a threatening move against him, hitting him with his hands and keys.

“He threatened me, blackmailed me, cursed me…” he said, describing incidents that had preceded the event in question. During the fight that broke out outside the gas station he said he tried to calm the 50-year-old down.

“I raised the gun to scare him, I shot for intimidation,” he added. During the evidentiary proceedings, video from a security camera at the scene was shown which captured the entire incident.